Dramatic images from around the world
Penguins swim at the new South Pole Spectacular, part of the Polar Adventure, of Ocean Park in Hong Kong. The marine theme park launched Asia's first themed area integrating immersive presentations of Arctic and Antarctic animals, including penguins and seals.
People travel over the Bosphorus in a passenger-vehicle ferry in Istanbul
A paddle board rider surfs at sunset on New Year's Eve at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The islands making up the state of Hawaii are an American paradise, filled with striking mountains
and idyllic beaches whose most famous resident, Barack Obama, grew up to become the first black
president of the United States.
The Arc de Triomphe is seen as military vehicles are prepared on the Champs Elysee, before the
traditional Bastille Day parade in Paris.
Royce Kauffman blows through an artist's sculpted "trombone fish" at the Lower Keys Underwater
Music Festival in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary off Big Pine Key, Florida in this handout
photo supplied by the Florida Keys News Bureau. About 300 divers and snorkelers listened to a local
radio station's four-hour broadcast piped beneath the sea via underwater speakers suspended from boats.
People play in the mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul. About 2 to 3 million domestic and international tourists visit the beach during the annual mud festival, according to the festival organisers.
